Ironing Board Cover
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Ironing Board Cover
I was thinking of putting a wool Army blanket over what I have on now and then cotton fabric to make it look nice. Do you think this would work somewhat like a wool pressing pad? or would this get to smell of too much wool?
#2
that depends on the blanket style.
if it's one of the plain ones it should work fine.
they made some that were thicker and sort of fuzzy.
i don't think those would work as well.
as long as it's kept clean the smell should not be a problem.
if it's one of the plain ones it should work fine.
they made some that were thicker and sort of fuzzy.
i don't think those would work as well.
as long as it's kept clean the smell should not be a problem.
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wool cover
I was going to do the same, and I just ordered a wool blanket to do this. My 30 year old teflon cover just bit the dust. I thought of washing the blanket first and seeing if I could felt it a bit or shrink it a little to make it a little thicker before the cotton cover. Let me know your experience if you go through with it. Someone suggested the army blanket as a cheap way to do this but I don't have a surplus store near me. Reba
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I did that with my ironing board. A friend gave me a wool blanket that she'd gotten at a thrift store. I washed and dried it to shrink it, cut two layers to fit the board, and made a cover from a pretty floral sheet. It's the best pad/cover combo I've ever had on my board.
This is the board that I use to iron clothes, not for quilting.
I did make a big board with one layer of wool yardage, for quilting. That works well too.
There's no smell with either of them.
This is the board that I use to iron clothes, not for quilting.
I did make a big board with one layer of wool yardage, for quilting. That works well too.
There's no smell with either of them.